Photos from Top Left to Right: With Marcia Cross during filming of "Tales From the Dark Side - Strange Love." As Maharaja in Vogue Magazine's spread, photographed by Shiela Metzner, on the exhibition, "The Royal Costumes of India," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. As Jean Paul Marat in "Marat / Sade." As Count Dracula in "Dracula." Two old Headshots. As Pablo Gonzales in "A Streetcar Named Desire." As Scratch in "Scratch." As Chief Joseph in "Indians." As Grand Duke Alexis in "Indians." ADDITIONAL REVIEWS: Scratch: “Never has an actor dominated a stage or captivated an audience as did Nayyar in this scene. He played the role with the beautiful irony of a man who knows all the secrets about everyone, who is in perfect control of every situation, and who knows he will be dismissed by people who don't realize his power. Watching Nayyar weave and maneuver around George Doerksen, who played Daniel Webster, was like watching a cobra with his head up and hood flared amuse himself with a baby chick before he finally strikes and devours it.” The Technician, April 26, 1972. Indians: “Chief Joseph (Harsh Nayyar, who invests his role with a powerful sorrow), the hypnotic orator- philosopher.” The North Carolina Anvil, October 16, 1971. Marat Sade: “Neither Mr. Nayyar nor Mr. Doerksen fails to show us the agony that attends the casting out of lunacy, either through society or through the self.” The North Carolina Anvil, April 24, 1971. |
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| BEHIND THE SCENES: Harsh Nayyar joined the original British cast of the play "Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom" in the foyer of the Sam Rayburn Building at the U.S House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on 6th April 2006, for a reading of the play. The scene from "Hidalgo" was shot in the desert in Morocco. During the Audience Testing that preceded the release of the film, the Test Audiences consistently voted Harsh the number four audience favorite, after the horse, Viggo Mortensen and Omar Sharif. "Brick Lane" is based on the novel by Monica Ali about Bangladeshi immigrants in London. It was shot in London during the hottest summer on record. A local news paper printed a picture of a cab driver frying eggs on the black hood of his taxi. "The Fifth Patient" was shot in Xalapa, Mexico. The scene from "The Peacemaker," starring Nicole Kidman and George Clooney, was shot in Macedonia. It was the first film George Clooney made after he left "ER," and the first production of the newly formed company, Dreamworks SKG. "The Littlest Victims," is based on the true story of Dr. James Oleske, who discovered AIDS in children. It was the first film shot with High Definition TV cameras. "Vestige of Honor" is about the Montagnards, who fought along with American soldiers in Vietnam and were abandoned by the U.S when Saigon fell. It is the true story of how one man's (Donald Scott) efforts led to special legislation being passed by the U.S Congress, which allowed about two hundred Montagnards to come to the U.S to live. The Montagnards got their name from the French, because they lived in the mountains of Vietnam. They are not ethnically Vietnamese. They came in boats up the rivers of Vietnam a thousand years ago from the islands of Java and Sumatra. At that time, these regions had extensive contacts with India. The assassination scene from "Gandhi" was shot in New Delhi, India, at Birla House, just a few feet from the spot where Mahatma Gandhi was actually killed. To prepare for the scene, and to get the details right, Harsh talked to the brother of Nathuram Godse, the assassin. Harsh also worked on the film in the Production side, first as the liaison to the British Production Manager, Alex De Grunwald, and later, as an Assistant Director, entrusted by Richard Attenborough to organize the Funeral scene, which has the distinction of having the biggest cast ever assembled for a film. The scene was shot in one day, on the 33rd anniversary of that event. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Harsh is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T,) Kharagpur, India, from where he received a Bachelor's degree (B.Tech. - First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering. He did graduate work and received a Master of Science degree (MS) in Mechanical Engineering from the North Carolina State University (NCSU,) Raleigh, NC. During President Eisenhower's 1959 visit to India, Harsh was invited by President Eisenhower to tea, where the President presented him with a signed photograph of himself. During Martin Luther King's 1959 visit to India, Harsh attended tea at his uncle's home, where Coretta and Martin Luther King were the only guests. |
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